Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I keep hearing how this guy tried the M8 and found this or that, another guy tested the M8 and found some other wonderful thing, etc. etc. etc. Then I hear that Leica thinks the camera is wonderful. All hearsay. I have no idea who the testers are ( some WEB guy who has made or made up a test report) or it is Leica who has a marketing bone to contend with. The fact remains, there is no way to test the performance of this camera scientifically and in depth until there are a lot of cameras out there, there are a lot of people trying the cameras, and a group of people are actually testing the cameras with some form of scientific precision and repeatability. Wait, it will happen when the camera is commonly available, the firmware has reached release stage ( note I did not say new/improved/version number or otherwise), and someone ( or for my preferences, more than 1 person) who has a reputation for both scientific methodology and reputation does a real report or that there is enough reporting from users to actually get an impression of what this thing can do. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net